Connecting to queue sharing groups

You can connect your application to a queue manager that is part of a queue sharing group. This can be done by using the queue sharing group name instead of the queue manager name on the MQCONN or MQCONNX call.

Queue sharing groups have a name of up to four characters. The name must be unique in your network, and must be different from any queue manager names.

The client channel definition should use the queue sharing group generic interface to connect to an available queue manager in the group. For more information, see Connecting a client to a queue sharing group. A check is made to ensure that the queue manager the listener connects to is a member of the queue sharing group.

For more information on shared queues, see Shared queues and queue sharing groups.